Ronald DeAtley was the 1976 Navy welterweight boxing champion
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The answer is YES! He won the Golden Gloves in the Navy for Walter Weight Division. Not sure of the exact year, I have to look at his newspaper clippings. Billy Spangler is my Dad and I was very proud of him.
in my mind he was. i joined navy with him at HMS Ganges. great athlete.
I've read his autobiography and the authorised biography and neither mention boxing. He joined the volunteer Royal Navy upon the outbreak of war and served in Destroyers and later Steam Gun Boats. He was a skater, glider champion, olympic sailor, painter, conservationist and author/broadcaster so a multi-talented man. But not aware of him adding boxing to the list
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In Britain that is a 'shiner', originating in Royal Navy, WW1 when boxing contests were very popular on ships.
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